| 释义 |
syph slang.|sɪf|
Also siph, siff.
Abbrev. of syphilis. Also with def. article.
1914Dialect Notes IV. 113 Syph, abbrev., syphilis. 1925Amer. Speech I. 24/2 For ‘syphilis’, ‘pox’ was used wiedly many years ago, but has given place more recently to the simple abbreviation ‘syph’. 1930J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 108 He got the siph off 'n her. 1947Horizon Sept. 202 We're going to get the syph. 1947C. Willingham End as Man ii. 18 Why don't you tell us about that time you got siff from your nigger maid? 1960D. Lytton Goddam White Man i. 15 Everybody dies of the cough... Or you get syph as well... They say you scream like a hound when you have the syph and the cough together. 1969P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 129 I'll come down with the syph from just touching the ticket. 1971B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 157 Them mankey whores in yon knocking-shop'll give you a dose as soon as look at you. There's no' a one of them as isn't rotten with siff. 1980‘D. Kavanagh’ Duffy viii. 149 He goes down to the clinic..and finds he's got the worst case of syph they've seen in years. |